Comparison

chorDLE vs KAGARIBI

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

chorDLE

This app helps you develop your ear for music by training you to recognize chords and intervals from real songs. It offers various interactive modes, including hands-free options and multiplayer challenges, to improve your musical understanding and playing ability.

Highlights
  • Chord progression training from real songs
  • Harmony Wheel visualization
  • Hands-free playing modes (Blindfold Test, Sing It Back)
  • Multiplayer room hosting and joining
  • VoiceOver support
  • 14 levels of interval and chord recognition
Features
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If you can hear chords, you can sit down and play with other people without having to guess what they are playing. chorDLE trains that with chord progressions taken from real songs. The songbook holds 17,023 songs, and every progression shows you the songs that use it. I–V7–vi–IV alone appears in 199, including Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Little Red Corvette and With Or Without You. Learn to hear the patterns and start sitting down with music and musicians and playing along. Start with one question: major or minor. No theory needed. Tap a chord to hear it, then answer. After each hand, the chords light up on the Harmony Wheel by the job they do in the key: tonic, predominant or dominant. The Colors level adds sevenths, suspended, augmented and diminished chords, voiced the way the songs play them. Three ways to play hands-free: - Blindfold Test: hear an interval, say its name. - Sing It Back: hear it, then sing it. - Chord Trainer by voice: say "play", then call out the chords. Or play the original chorDLE: a chord plays, you pick out the intervals inside it, and you fill a line on your card. Fourteen levels take you from two-note intervals to full seventh chords. Host a room and play the chords while everyone guesses, or join with a six-character code. VoiceOver works across the Chord Trainer. Free to start, with no sign-up needed to play. Sign in with Discord or Apple to sync across devices and join the leaderboard. Made by the producers and musicians at Beat Kitchen, a real community with weekly gyms, office hours and feedback sessions. Your ears are better than you think.

About

KAGARIBI

This music creation tool allows users to shape and understand sound with a powerful synthesizer and an integrated sound anatomy feature. It offers extensive sound design capabilities, MIDI support, and advanced tuning options for both standalone use and as an AUv3 instrument.

Highlights
  • Dual oscillators with analog waveforms and wavetables
  • Extensive modulation matrix and effects suite
  • Integrated Sound Anatomy for sound explanation
  • Support for MPE and MIDI 2.0
  • Advanced tuning systems beyond 12-TET
  • Offline WAV export
  • Live Safe mode for reduced audio dropouts
Features
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Play a sound. Shape it. Understand why it sounds that way. KAGARIBI is a free synthesizer for iPhone and iPad with no ads, tracking, account, or network connection required. Play it standalone or load it as an AUv3 instrument. CREATE YOUR SOUND • Two oscillators with analog waveforms and six wavetable families • Up to seven-voice unison, FM, ring modulation, and hard sync • Six filter types, three envelopes, two LFOs, and an eight-slot modulation matrix • Drive, phaser, chorus, delay, reverb, compressor, and limiter • Arpeggiator and four performance macros UNDERSTAND IT — SOUND ANATOMY Sound Anatomy reads the patch you are playing and explains why it sounds the way it does. Connect what you hear to unison, filters, envelopes, LFOs, effects, and more—without leaving the instrument. PLAY AND PRODUCE • 30 factory presets • Multitouch keyboard, Hold, and Arpeggiator • MPE and MIDI 2.0, plus USB and Bluetooth MIDI input • AUv3 host automation for 95 parameters • One preset library shared between the app and AUv3 • A/B comparison, search, favorites, and a recoverable trash • Offline 48 kHz / 24-bit WAV export BEYOND 12-TET Explore 16 included tunings—from just intonation and Pythagorean to Japanese scales, 19/24/31-EDO, and Bohlen–Pierce. Import Scala .scl and .kbm files and set reference pitch from A=415 to 466 Hz. READY FOR LIVE PLAY Live Safe watches real-time processing headroom and adjusts the voice limit when needed to reduce the risk of audio dropouts. Choose Studio or Offline HQ when the session calls for more detail. Your data stays on your device. KAGARIBI includes no third-party ad SDKs, tracking, or network transmission.

Screenshots

chorDLE4 screens
KAGARIBI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: chorDLE at 100% against KAGARIBI's 0%. chorDLE also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

chorDLE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of chorDLE's written reviews are positive against 0% of KAGARIBI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

chorDLE ships an update every 3 days, KAGARIBI every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
chorDLE versus KAGARIBI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterchorDLEKAGARIBI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB5 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperBeat Kitchen LLCCode and DESIGN inc

Customer experience

chorDLE

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

KAGARIBI

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

chorDLE

No in-app purchases

None

KAGARIBI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is chorDLE free?
chorDLE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KAGARIBI free?
KAGARIBI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, chorDLE or KAGARIBI?
chorDLE is rated higher. chorDLE averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while KAGARIBI averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do chorDLE or KAGARIBI have ads?
Neither chorDLE nor KAGARIBI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, chorDLE or KAGARIBI?
chorDLE ships an update every 3 days, and KAGARIBI every 2 days. Most recently, chorDLE was updated on October 31, 2026 and KAGARIBI on October 31, 2026.

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